Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard botany Plant Characteristics Family Name Sapindaceae

Plant Characteristics Family Name Sapindaceae Species Name Acer negundo Common Name Box Elder Plant Type Tree Sun Exposure Coast-Sun

Plant Characteristics Family Name Sapindaceae Species Name Acer macrophyllum Common Name Big-Leaf Maple Plant Type Tree Sun Exposure Coast-Sun

Cold Hardy to 15 degrees F Distribution Sonoran Desert

griseus from Las Pilitas Nursery in Santa Margarita Natural Habitat N/A

Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard botany Plant Characteristics Family Name SapindaceaeNature's Best Hope urges home owners to take environmental action into their own hands, one yard at a time. This homegrown approach sidesteps the shortsightedness of governmental policy, empowering us all to make our planet a better place. Douglas W. Tallamy's first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His